re: Starting to adjust my thinking on Mullen ...

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I think it was an OK call, but Emory rode the RB too long. You have to make your decisions quicker at the goal line.

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Agree - in that close to the goal line some of the stuff that Florida was gashing us with due to great spacing (the speed options, some of the quick hitter run pops) are much less effective. When you don't really trust your QB to roll out and make the right decision/put a perfectly placed ball in on the run, your options from the 3 yard line are much more limited.

Emory probably should have just handed it here, but we defended it relatively well. Sanders was going to crash on the RB anyway because he had Battle on his outside shoulder to takeaway the keep, and HTT was currently free in the middle with 2 DTs still holding up.




The best decision would have been the quick give, but it wasn't going to clearly be a score if he had. It was probably the best disciplined play by our defense of the entire 2nd half. Which is sad, but I guess if you are going to pick a play to do right, it'd be that one.